Inside theChurch takes an in-depth look at the characteristics, impact and interactionsof the diverse components of today's Christian church and how they combine toaccomplish the overall mission of the church. To accomplish this task, Insidethe Church documents ten frequently-occurring ministries for three levels ofsystems analysis to understand the individual ministry, examine its stand-alonesystem functionality and how it works within the complex system of churchsystems. Each level of analysis reveals unique information on the selectedministry from views seldom seen in non-technical literature. The tenministries are Outreach, Evangelism, Preaching, Teaching, Ordinances,Discipleship, Inreach, Music, Serving and Leading. The analytical tools are thesix-level taxonomy, the systems view and the system of systems view. Thetaxonomy is used to investigate the ministry’s name, list its functions,describe its tasks, deconstruct the ministry into its contributions, evaluatethe value of those contributions and reconstruct the tasks for peak efficiencyand operation. The system level view looks at the required inputs, processes,outputs and output feedback to see how the ministry can work as a separateentity. The system of systems view observes the ministry as it functions withinthe complex of all ten ministries performing together. It is at theselevels of component and inter-component relational interaction that churchleaders can assign and reassign resources to the right areas of concern tomaximize ministerial effectiveness, minimize participant frustration, andmaintain staff and volunteer morale. Further, this level of systemicunderstanding facilitates planning from strategic, tactical and operationallevels. From the strategic level to formulate goals, set objectives and assignresponsibilities; from the tactical level to develop plans, assign resources,and set and measure performance expectations; and from the operational level toexecute plans, engage resources, and evaluate performance effectiveness andefficiency.